Access remote server with Nautilus through double SSH tunnel using SSHFS

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I’m trying to access my work computer from home. We are supposed to SSH into a server, say ssh.company.com and from there ssh into an xhost to to work, say xhost04.company.com. xhost04 is not directly accessible. How can I browse files on xhost04 from my home computer using nautilus (in ubuntu) with SSHFS.

To access the SSH host I would use:

ssh -t -X ssh.company.com ssh -X internalserver

How do I modify this for SSHFS?
Without the double tunneling I have the following:

sshfs user@ssh.company.com: ~/far_projects

Answer

Install nc on ssh.company.com, and set up a stanza in ~/.ssh/config as follows:

Host internalserver
    ProxyCommand ssh user@ssh.company.com nc internalserver 22

Then connect to internalserver with the user of your choice.

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Source : Link , Question Author : D W , Answer Author : Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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